Chapter 459 The Past
Su Qingqing looked at Yu Yang's expression and her heart suddenly softened.
"If you like it, don't leave. Stay and help me take care of you. Although you have a wet nurse to look after you, it must be different to be taught by your grandfather. You're not a prince, and you don't need to learn this and that from a tutor."
Before meeting Yu Yang, Su Qingqing had thought of countless opening remarks for their meeting, but unexpectedly, this was the one she said.
Yu Yang was also stunned, and his eyes turned red in an instant.
His lips trembled, his voice choked in his throat, he wanted to say something, but no words came out.
She was so excited that she was afraid of hurting the child. She was reluctant to let go of the child just now, but now she handed it to the wet nurse's arms.
The wet nurse quickly took it as if it were her darling and carried the child to the side.
Yu Yang's chest felt swollen and swollen, and he couldn't tell what it felt like, but the tears welling up in his eyes told it all. He rubbed his hands and smiled at Su Qingqing, "Your Majesty looks much better than the last time I saw you."
The last time we met was at the palace banquet when the envoy from Da Qi was on a mission.
Su Qingqing pointed to the chair next to her and asked Yu Yang to sit down.
Nanny Xu gave a wink and left with the wet nurse.
For a moment, only the father and daughter were left in the huge queen's bedroom.
I don't know how the topic was brought up, but Yu Yang's eyes were filled with a vague and lifeless look, "...When I led the army to the battle of Jialing River, there were already clues before the expedition.
At that time, Dou Xun received a secret report and sent the news to the palace, saying that Da Qi was invading Zhao State.
But at that time, His Majesty had only been in power for a short time and he had little experience. When he heard that Da Qi was invading, he was terrified. Zhao State had weak military strength, so how could it resist Da Qi's iron cavalry?
It was Dou Xun who said that if not, he would ask for help from the Great Yan Dynasty and said that he was willing to pay tribute to the Great Yan Dynasty every year from then on.
Dou Xun led people to negotiate at that time, and the deal was reached after only three days. The Great Yan Dynasty was willing to send troops to help the Zhao State, but was unwilling to confront the Great Qi head-on. They were only willing to be our backing, that is, I led the troops to fight, and when I was indeed defeated by the opponent, the Great Yan Dynasty came to my aid.
This request is despicable, but from the perspective of the Great Yan Dynasty, it makes sense. After all, if they send troops and manpower, they must get some benefits. The benefit they want is to consume the troops of the Zhao State. In this way, the Zhao State will be completely powerless and will be controlled by the Great Yan Dynasty.
At that time, the Emperor of Zhao was helpless. He didn't want the people to suffer, so he had to send me to fight.
Knowing exactly what kind of war this would be, I could only tell my followers to fight with all their might. As long as we repel Da Qi, we will be safe."
As both are military generals, although Su Qingqing is young, he can also see through the mystery.
"You were originally able to defeat Da Qi, but the Great Yan Dynasty played another role in it, right?"
Yu Yang sighed, his head splitting as he thought of the bloodshed that year. "We've been victorious in battle after battle. The Great Yan Dynasty, fearing that their gains would be lost, sent people to attack us from the rear. The people they sent were none other than the ones Dou Xun had sent to deliver food and fodder.
At that time, I knew that we were doomed to lose this battle. In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, your mother brought you two sisters to the military camp. When we set out, the worst outcome I thought of was that our entire army would be wiped out, but your mother and you would be rescued by the Great Yan Dynasty. But who could have imagined that it would be like that.
When our entire army was defeated, Su Yunhe snatched away your sister, and you, it was your mother's maid who dug you out from the pile of dead bodies, carried you away, and sent you to the palace.
She was just a maid, and she only knew that we were defeated, but she didn't know the reason.
Later, Your Majesty surrendered to the Great Yan Dynasty as agreed, and the Great Yan Dynasty sent troops to repel the Great Qi.
In fact, at that time, the Great Qi was already in a state of defeat and at the end of its strength, so that battle also became the battle that made the Duke of Yan famous. "
The second prince's grandfather won his famous battle by stepping on her father's corpse.
Not to mention her feelings for Yu Yang, as a military general, Su Qingqing's hatred for the political conspiracy in this war is enough to make her grit her teeth.
"I was discovered when Da Qi was cleaning up the battlefield. I was still breathing when I was taken back. They brought me back but spread the news that I was taken back to Dayan.
At that time, I only had seven or eight close followers left. They were originally escorting your mother back to the capital of Zhao State, but halfway through they received the news that I was taken away by the Dayan State. Your mother immediately took those people to the Dayan State.
The queen of the Great Yan Kingdom at that time and your mother were close friends.
When your mother arrived in Dayan State and couldn't find me, she sent someone to deliver a message to the palace. When the queen received the message, she immediately left the palace quietly to see your mother.
Tell her that the person is not in the Great Yan Kingdom. As soon as this rumor came out, she asked people to investigate thoroughly and it was confirmed that the person was not there.
The Queen's original intention was to have her come out to meet him, explain the truth, and then send your mother away properly. But at that time, the Emperor of Dayan had already considered deposing the Queen.
His political situation was unstable, and he urgently needed a woman who could help him stabilize the situation and sit in the six palaces. That woman was the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, and the niece of the empress dowager.
As soon as the Queen met your mother, the place where they met was surrounded.
Your mother was captured, and several close followers who followed her tried their best to rescue her but failed. After your mother was forcibly brought into the palace, they tried every possible way to rescue her outside the palace.
However, a blood sacrifice is going on in the palace."
Su Qingqing shuddered violently.
She knew too much about the blood sacrifice.
Yu Yang sat on the chair, his head resting on his back, his eyes staring straight ahead. It was hard to tell whether he was looking at something or not.
"The Queen desperately pleaded for your mother's safety and even considered secretly rescuing her. However, it was of no avail and it completely enraged the Emperor. Coupled with the instigation of the then-candidate Queen and the Queen Mother, the Emperor decided to kill Rong Que.
Later, somehow, by mistake, the person who was killed was not Rong Que, but his younger brother.
At that time, the emperor was forced to be tied to the eight major families of the Great Yan Dynasty, hoping that a blood sacrifice would stabilize the court. The person who performed the ritual said that the reason why the blood sacrifice was effective was that the person at the center of the formation had to be of prominent status and able to suppress the evil spirits.
Your mother, as my wife, has the air of a military commander, while Rong Que's younger brother is of royal blood.
In that person's words, these two things are simply a perfect combination."
Su Qingqing thought of the well and the two corpses in the well.
"Da Qi had spies in the Great Yan Dynasty. They told me, who was imprisoned at the time, every word of what happened here. The soldiers of Da Qi took me back and nursed me back to health, but they kept me locked up.
I was kept in a dark dungeon until one day they asked me to write a letter.
Later I learned that the letter was evidence that Prince Moduo of Daqi was colluding with the State of Zhao to commit treason."
